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All posts by Diana Thebaud Nicholson
Wednesday Night #2024
Happy Birthday, Marc Nicholson! No matter how grim or discouraging the news, there is always a flash of brilliance in so ...
U.S. Government & governance July – December 2020
U.S. Government & governance 2020 January – July Professor William Svelmoe wrote this on Sept. 27 about nominee Am ...
Wednesday Night #2023
Normally, our pre-Christmas message is a tad nostalgic and/or pensive, but basically cheery and hopeful, reflecting a ...
Iran November 2019 – December 2020
Al Jazeera: Iran news Iranwire What Really Happened in Iran The CIA, the Ouster of Mosaddeq, and the Restoration of the ...
Wednesday Night #2022
Starting with the happy news: Forgive the exercise of a grandmother’s prerogative in headlining this week’s ...
Wednesday Night #2021
Wednesday, 9 December 12 – 1pm ET Conspiracy theories and COVID-19 disinformation MIGS hosted the second installme ...
Middle East & Arab World: Saudi Arabia 2019-20
Middle East & Arab World – Saudi Arabia 2015-17 Middle East & Arab World – Saudi Arabia 2017-18 Saudi Arabia ...
Wednesday Night #2020
How many years ago did someone ask the question when would the Wednesday Night session # be the same as the year in whic ...
2020 U.S. election campaign August 1 –
Barr Acknowledges Justice Dept. Has Found No Widespread Voter Fraud The attorney general’s comments were a rebuke of t ...
SCOTUS, Trump & the US courts May – November 2020
Lawfare See also: SCOTUS and the US courts 2017-18 SCOTUS, Trump & the US courts July 2018 – April 2020 Willia ...
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Trump Tariffs & Trade October 2025
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E is for espionage /5
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Israel, Palestine, Gaza, West Bank 21 September 2025-
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COP30 Belém Climate Change Conference
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Canada economy 8 September 2025-
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Middle East & Arab World: Saudi Arabia August 2023-
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Israel, Palestine/Gaza February – July 2023
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Climate change, uncertainty & security February 2021- May 10, 2023
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UN, Reform & multilateralism September 2024-
October 22, 2025, 1 Comment
Molly Minturn - My family is heartbroken to share that my father died in surgery on Monday, Feb. 10. It…
This is such sad news, Diana. He was a presence of calm and reason in our discussions which were sometimes…
Re The UN General Assembly Speaker Schedule is Here! I note that whoever will be speaking for Canada this year…
So many memories, particularly of the years as neighbours on Rosemount Avenue, with shared activities, adventures and lively political discussions.…
Johannah Bernstein post: "eternally proud of my father’s extraordinary aeronautical engineering. legacy. here is a photo of the Canadair Water…